Shoe-heel.



L. F. HERING.

' SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1914.

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LOUIS FRANK HERING, 0F POMONA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOALFRED KONJETZKY, OF POIVIONA, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-HEEL.

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Application filed May 6, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS F. HERING, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Pomona, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Shoe- Heels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cushion heels for boots and shoes, and moreparticularly to that class of cushion heels employing metallic springs,as resilient members.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a cushionheel including a pair of telescoping members having a coil springinterposed between them, one of the members being adapted to engage theground in walking and telescope within the other against the action ofthe spring, said members being so formed as to prevent displacement onefrom the other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a spring heel including apair of telescoping members having respectively inwardly and outwardlyturned portions for engaging each other and preventing displacement ofthe members relatively to each other, said outwardly turned portionsbeing disposed so as to allow oscillatory movement of one memberrelatively to the other.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a heel of theclass described which will be extremely simple in construction, durable,efficient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in View which will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully describedand claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which likecharacters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalfigures, of which,

Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken throughthe heel portion of a shoe showing my improved heel attached thereto,Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse sectional View taken through theheel of the shoe, Fig. 3, represents a perspective view of the metallicheel plate, and Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the casingforming one member of the heel.

Referring more particularly to the draw- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 11, 1915..

Serial No. 836,648.

ing, 5 represents the sole and 6 the upper of a shoe, to the heelportion of which sole my improved spring heel is adapted to be secured.

The heel includes an upper member A and a lower member B, the latter ofwhich is slidable within the former. The member A comprises a casinghaving a flat top 7 provided with a number of openings 8 whereby thecasing may be secured to the sole of the shoe by means of suitablescrews 9 extending through said sole and into the openings 8 which arethreaded; side walls 10; a rear wall 11; and front wall 12, which sidewalls, rear and front walls are continuous, and are in the form of aflange de pending from top 7. The front wall 12 is concaved and the rearwall 11 convexed, so as to render the configuration of the heel similarto that of the ordinary leather heel.

The lower or ground engaging member B includes a block 13 of wood,leather, composition, or any other suitable and desirable material, theoutside perimeter of the block being slightly smaller than the insideperimeter of the depending walls of the upper section, so that the blockmay slide therein, and secured to the upper face of the block is ametallic plate 14: of an area equal to the area of the upper face of theblock, and which is provided at the front portion of its side edges withan outwardly turned portion 15 having a beveled inner face 16 disposedat an acute angle to the plane of the plate, said turned portionsadapted to engage the edges of block 13 in the manner indicated in Fig.2 for attaching the plate upon the block, and the outwardly turnedportions overhang the sides of the block at the front portions thereof,as shown.

The lower edge of side walls 10 of the upper member at their forwardportions, are inwardly turned or beaded, as at 17, and the inwardlyturned portions 17 coact with the outwardly turned portions 15 toprevent displacement of the heel sections from each other, at the sametime allowing the lower section to slide up and down within the upper.

A helical spring 18 is disposed between the top 7 of the upper sectionand the heel plate 14, centrally thereof, and is adapted to normallyhold block B in extended position relative to the upper section, and inposition to engage'the ground in walking,

said spring forming the resilient member against whose tension the blockworks while the heel is in operation. The spring is substantiallyfrusto-conical in shape, being of greater diameter at its upper end, andthe spring is secured in any desirable manner to the top 7 of the upperheel sections.

The outwardly and inwardly turned portions of the sections are situatedas described at the forward part of the heel, instead of extendingentirely around the perimeter of the heel, and thus a slight oscillatorymovement of the block relative to the upper section is allowed, whichtends to add to the proficiency of the heel, this oscillatory 'movementbeing incident to the engagement of the rear portion of the block withthe ground before the front portion thereof.

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention I maydesire 7 heel section.

the invention and the scope of the appended laim.

I claim A heel comprising a hollow sectionand a block adapted to slidewithin the hollow section, a plate positioned on the block, means on theplate engaging the block for securing the plate, and overhanging theblock for serving as a stop, means on the hollow section arranged toco-act with first said means for preventing displacement of the blockfrom the heel section, and resilient means disposed between said blockand LOUIS FRANK HE RING.

W. H. RIGKERIOH.

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